Algebraic Combinatorial Transcendence Methodology (ACTM)

A methodological paper and research programme: it studies which algebraic seeds and relation structures acquire transcendence degree under 'escape operators' (exp, log, x^y, …), and proposes candidate diagnostics (combinatorial potential CP, escape potential AEP, relation gap G, increment Δ_O), a six-phase plan (A–F) and a Schanuel-predimension interface. The paper explicitly claims no proof of Schanuel's conjecture or of any new transcendence theorem.